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A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Davidson, J; Swartz, M; Storck, M; Krishnan, RR; Hammett, E
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
January 1985

A family history study of 36 patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder revealed a positive history of familial psychopathology in 66% of the patients. Alcoholism, depression, and anxiety disorders were the disorders most commonly found. The patients also had a higher prevalence of alcoholic siblings than did a retrospectively derived control group of depressed and anxious male patients. With respect to the proportion of familial anxiety to familial depression, the probands with posttraumatic stress disorder more closely resembled probands with generalized anxiety than probands with depression. Every patient had experienced at least one significant psychiatric illness during his lifetime, most commonly alcohol abuse or depression.

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Am J Psychiatry

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0002-953X

Publication Date

January 1985

Volume

142

Issue

1

Start / End Page

90 / 93

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Risk
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Psychiatry
  • Pilot Projects
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Chronic Disease
 

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Davidson, J., Swartz, M., Storck, M., Krishnan, R. R., & Hammett, E. (1985). A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry, 142(1), 90–93. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.1.90
Davidson, J., M. Swartz, M. Storck, R. R. Krishnan, and E. Hammett. “A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder.Am J Psychiatry 142, no. 1 (January 1985): 90–93. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.1.90.
Davidson J, Swartz M, Storck M, Krishnan RR, Hammett E. A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Jan;142(1):90–3.
Davidson, J., et al. “A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder.Am J Psychiatry, vol. 142, no. 1, Jan. 1985, pp. 90–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.142.1.90.
Davidson J, Swartz M, Storck M, Krishnan RR, Hammett E. A diagnostic and family study of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Jan;142(1):90–93.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

January 1985

Volume

142

Issue

1

Start / End Page

90 / 93

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Risk
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Psychiatry
  • Pilot Projects
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Chronic Disease